Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic Socialists

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How did the left and right cover Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic…?

Of the 34 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 12% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 47% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 35. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic… left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 34 rated outlets on this story, 12% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 47% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic… biased?

Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic Socialists is one event reported by 35 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic…?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic…?

35 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What did the North Carolina poll find?

The poll, conducted by The Center Square at the end of July, found that 34% of North Carolinians surveyed identified as MAGA, while 29% identified as Democratic Socialists of America. The results were reported by 13 outlets, all of which carried the same figures.

Which outlets reported the poll results?

The poll was reported by 13 outlets, including two left-rated (El Paso Inc. and ashepostandtimes.com), four centre-rated (thepress.net, Floyd Chronicle & Times, NE Iowa Publishing, and Your Alaska Link), and six right-rated (ussanews.com, The Herald Palladium, Webster County Citizen, Chronicle-Tribune, Shelby News, and The Messenger).

Did the outlets disagree on the poll results?

No outlet disputed the poll’s figures or methodology. All 13 reports carried the same percentages: 34% for MAGA and 29% for Democratic Socialists of America. The differences lay in which figure each outlet led with in its digest.